In an effort to reduce compliance costs for public companies, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments on May 9, 2019, that, in part, relax the requirement for certain “smaller reporting companies”...more
During the previous quarter, the SEC proposed new rulemaking to reduce the number of smaller companies that become subject to enhanced reporting requirements through “accelerated filer” and “large accelerated filer” status....more
SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Proposes Amendments to Update the Accelerated and Large Accelerated Filer Definitions - On May 9, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed amendments to the accelerated filer and large...more
New Proposed Rules Aim to Eliminate Auditor's Attestation Requirement on Internal Controls under SOX 404(b) for Smaller Reporting Companies with less than $100 million in Revenues - On May 9, 2019, the SEC proposed...more
Current SEC reporting requirements establish three different filer statuses that categorizes issuers subject to Exchange Act reporting requirements as non-accelerated, accelerated, and large accelerated filers....more
The SEC today voted to propose amendments to the definitions of "accelerated filer" and "large accelerated filer," which are used to determine, among other things, the filing deadlines for periodic reports and the requirement...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission proposed amendments to the accelerated filer and large accelerated filer definitions, which have been highly anticipated. ...more